Hammam Bouquet is quite an experience! It is a Victorian-era oriental, and seeks to convey all the exotic splendor of that realm to the curious Western world. I think Creed admirers should try this....

Brilliant, absolutely brilliant! And rather different from what I expected! I was expecting a somewhat boozy firecracker of a fragrance. Instead, in Fou d’Absinthe I found a warm, utterly attractiv...

L’Artisan Parfumer has some kind of genius when it comes to compelling woody scents (also see Fou d’Absinthe). Méchant Loup is one of the best cedar scents that I have smelled. It leaves Rocabar and...

The advertisements for Endymion present it as a study in contrasts, and led me to expect a fascinating yin-yang of alternating notes of briskness and richness, light and dark; what has been called a “...

Penhaligon’s Castile is an incredibly beautiful, truly lovely scent. It is a bouquet of blossoms (orange, rose): floral but not excessively sweet. There is a high degree of rose here, somewhat unusu...